Posts by WhatADell

Bruno - just a clarification - a fsb of 533 is really 133. The 1.6/533 dothan has a multiplier of 12 (12x133=1600) whereas the 1.6/400 is 16 (16x100=1600). So a 1.6/400 at 533 (16x133=2130) is faster. I know it's a little thing, but I...

Just to add - a full format will check sectors, but a quick format will not. Repartitioning and formatting will not hurt the drive, low-level formatting (which is done at the factory, and is fairly difficult nowadays to do at home) can...

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There are a couple of ways to do it. There are other sw programs, like speedstepxp (I think - by the maker of i8kfangui I believe) that will manually change it. RMClock will also set it to specific levels on your say so. Both of them...

That must be very new. I had an inspiron 5150 a while back and they refused to let me replace the vid card when it was bad. I had to ship it back to them However, it was back to me in 3 days (from pickup) which is pretty good. 1 day...

They are letting you replace that?? In my past exp. they will not allow you to replace anything but hd/cd basically. I'm surprised - mainly because if you don't know what you are doing on this, it is very, very easy to screw it up.

If you are plugged in, then it's fine. If not, then it's huge power draw. What I generally do is on my lap - make sure not to cover the whole bottom of the case to allow some air flow. And for a desk - a couple of whiteboard markers...

Anytime you install new hw and it needs the xp cd you have the i386 on the drive to use. Otherwise, make sure you either carry the cd around, or don't install anything

The difference in price (which is about $250-300 is you spec the two machines the same!) is primarily the card, which includes better cooling for it, as well as the nicer case, and more powerful ps - primarily for the vid card. If you...

No - seriously, xp does do speedstep through the power settings by default. I've found the info online (had problems playing UT on my last laptop and searched for a while to find the solution). The end result was that. If you use a...